Lectionary 248

Lectionary ℓ 248

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarium
Date	9th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Russian National Library
Size	27.2 cm by 20 cm

Lectionary 248, designated by siglum ℓ 248 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels lectionary (Evangelistarium).[1] It contains texts of the Gospel of Luke and Matthew.[2]

The text is written in Greek large uncial letters, on 6 parchment leaves (27.2 cm by 20 cm), in two columns per page, 22 lines.[3][4]

History

It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 9th century.[3][4]

The manuscript was examined and described by Eduard de Muralt.[2]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (number 248).[1]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]

The codex is housed at the Russian National Library (Gr.43) in Saint Petersburg.[3][4]

See also

• List of New Testament lectionaries
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Lectionary 247

Notes and references

1. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 408.
2. Eduard de Muralt, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Impériale publique (Petersburg 1864), p. 24 (as XLIII)
3. Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 233. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
4. Handschriftenliste at the INTF
5. The Greek New Testament, ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), pp. XXVIII, XXX.

Bibliography

• Eduard de Muralt, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Impériale publique (Petersburg 1864), p. 24 (as XLIII)